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Ah, but you then started something else at which you were/are successful, right?
My $.02.
Yes, but then I quit that as well.
For retirement.
See? After every success comes a quitting, either because you've failed or you've conquered everything you can see. So what's the point of repetitively doing that?
Why not just sit back and relax and watch the world go by? Let the youngsters try to burn the world down with their ambition - we old retired farts know better.
There are two kinds of people in this world.
Those who succede and those who quit.
My $.02.
Those who succede and those who quit.
My $.02.
Of course you realize that they can be one and the same?
My greatest success was when I quit the corporate world.
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Winners are generally the kind of people that are competitive no matter what they do, and competition has its benefits but also many draw-backs. World-changing is a game for the young, so if you're in that group good luck to you - otherwise, in hopes of avoiding heart attacks, strokes, high blood pressure and mental issues, chill out, toke it up and enjoy what life gives you, instead of trying to wrench every last drop from it.
Winners are generally the kind of people that are competitive no matter what they do, and competition has its benefits but also many draw-backs. World-changing is a game for the young, so if you're in that group good luck to you - otherwise, in hopes of avoiding heart attacks, strokes, high blood pressure and mental issues, chill out, toke it up and enjoy what life gives you, instead of trying to wrench every last drop from it.
When people take your advice, it reduces the competition for those who want to succeed at something exciting.
So what I have proposed is a win-win, right?
My work is done here.
Winners never give up.
Persistence is vital when times are tough.
Also, good news about BTC growth is flooding in from all over the world.
Persistence is vital when times are tough.
Also, good news about BTC growth is flooding in from all over the world.
Like most platitudes, those sound sweet and strong, but when they're exposed to the real world they suffer a bit.
Only a fool continues on his path when nothing but opposition and bad luck are in front of him. There are times that even wise men bow to Fate's will.
And of course, people will point to the successes of the world when discussing how important it is to persevere. But step back a moment and realize that they account for what - 0.0001% of the population?
Winners are generally the kind of people that are competitive no matter what they do, and competition has its benefits but also many draw-backs. World-changing is a game for the young, so if you're in that group good luck to you - otherwise, in hopes of avoiding heart attacks, strokes, high blood pressure and mental issues, chill out, toke it up and enjoy what life gives you, instead of trying to wrench every last drop from it.
Actually, Federally-recognized Native American tribes have a government-to-government relationship with the United States and ARE seen as being sovereign nations.
For all the good it does them ...
For all the good it does them ...
The low prices mean that artists who got coins during times of higher prices could well have sold some thus being ready to buy back cheaper now that prices are lower.
Plus of course those who do not write when the coins people wrote for two months ago are at low prices will not have coins coming in in two months when prices might already be much higher.
Maybe it is a selection mechanism that will help select artists who are intelligent and have the discipline to manage their business/finances, to defer gratification and so on.
Those who sold some on the way up to 193 satoshis per coin a while ago should be happily buying on the way down right now ready to catch the next uptick... Or writing like crazy if they figure the next uptick will not happen until after they get paid for what they write today...
However it seems possible that we might be gradually lowering the volatility over time. As more and more orders pile up from the top down on the sell side and from the bottom up on the buy side we might already be squeezing the volatile range.
-MarkM-
Plus of course those who do not write when the coins people wrote for two months ago are at low prices will not have coins coming in in two months when prices might already be much higher.
Maybe it is a selection mechanism that will help select artists who are intelligent and have the discipline to manage their business/finances, to defer gratification and so on.
Those who sold some on the way up to 193 satoshis per coin a while ago should be happily buying on the way down right now ready to catch the next uptick... Or writing like crazy if they figure the next uptick will not happen until after they get paid for what they write today...
However it seems possible that we might be gradually lowering the volatility over time. As more and more orders pile up from the top down on the sell side and from the bottom up on the buy side we might already be squeezing the volatile range.
-MarkM-
Excellent points - thank you! I've never seen it explained quite this way before and it makes it abundantly clear.
.. Devcoin the first (and only? if not only, the top one) to design a coin not motivated chiefly by investment/spending value. It has a very different value system that all of the coins, bitcoin included, which is this emphasis on valuing open source creations. Creative action for the benefit of everyone measures much better IRL than by any metric like fiat currency. This coin will be useful even no matter its USD value.
Once the overall bear market reverses, Devcoin's unique flavor makes it stick even more as we we have 150+ coins nowadays.
Once the overall bear market reverses, Devcoin's unique flavor makes it stick even more as we we have 150+ coins nowadays.
The coin may stick for the financial types, but having watched the value dip slowly downward this past month while writing my fingers off I can tell you with some assurance that a lot of the "artists" will disappear if this keeps up ...
Creative action requires a patron - when that patron turns out their pockets the artist flees. I know Devtome has been through this cycling before, fewer artists equaling more shares for the remaining ones - it just seems an odd way to run a ship.
But I guess that's high finance for ya'.
About half an hour ago the Devcoin/USD equivalency jumped from $0.0002 to $0.0078.
http://dvcusdchart.blisteringdevelopers.com/
If this is a software or data-entry glitch then it's amusing.
But if it's right I might be retiring soon.
http://dvcusdchart.blisteringdevelopers.com/
If this is a software or data-entry glitch then it's amusing.
But if it's right I might be retiring soon.
THIS is the REAL Satoshi ...
http://i957.photobucket.com/albums/ae52/sifuphiltoo/Satoshi_2_zps375b382d.jpg
http://i957.photobucket.com/albums/ae52/sifuphiltoo/Satoshi_2_zps375b382d.jpg
Enjoy your counterfeit cigarettes filled with heavy metals.
You mean as opposed to the 599+ compounds added to the REAL ones?
how much of the same posts will we have going on and on with the same question?
Well, I get the feeling if you didn't hang out in the Beginner's section you wouldn't see too much of it.
We're here because we're trying to learn, and when I came in I didn't see any gated community.
Okay, I just found this in the Devtome -
Still ... kind of strange ...
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At one point I noted a discrepancy between my actual word count and what the share count was telling me. When I brought it up with Unthinkingbit, he ran his own script on my invoice and told me what the actual word count was, which matched what I had come up with. At the end of the round, what determined my pay was not the running totals in the files, but the totals obtained by Unthinkingbit's pay script. So after that I figured the files weren't accurate and I didn't worry about them anymore. I never figured out why they weren't accurate either.
Still ... kind of strange ...
just joking, the joke is on gox not you are devcoin, lighten up (smile)
*getting back up from floor, holding chest*
Ah ... thank you.
goxxed
"Goxxed"?
Have mercy on a noob, please ... you're saying I've been screwed, but by who?
Hey, all - question about the Devcoin Countdown Clock ...
I noticed a few days ago that I had been credited with 8 shares on the clock. Now, for the last 2 days my shares are down to zero. I do however see that a few other writers / admins have shares listed.
I'm hoping that this is just part of the updating process? That my shares will reappear?
I noticed a few days ago that I had been credited with 8 shares on the clock. Now, for the last 2 days my shares are down to zero. I do however see that a few other writers / admins have shares listed.
I'm hoping that this is just part of the updating process? That my shares will reappear?
Re: Hey, Everyone, I'm Here! Hide Your Bitcoins And Your Women!
Hi there!
I'm also a newbie here and want to learn more about crypto currency. Good luck to us and cheers!
I'm also a newbie here and want to learn more about crypto currency. Good luck to us and cheers!
Three hearty HUZZAHS and a HIP-HIP!
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P.S.
Can you kindly share your women to me.
Can you kindly share your women to me.
I would if I could but I can't so I won't.
Now if I were still working that strip-club bouncer job I might be able to help you out ...
